Archaeology and nature: hyblean cultural landscape and territorial ...

To achieve the concept of garden-city design, urbanites and municipalities should be educated to become
aware of the importance of productive landscape’s revival and to to motivate public involvement. Site’s
Implemented plans, are applicable models in other part of the city based on their required specific
characteristic. By implementing the concept of garden city in productive landscape, preservation of energy
resources, environmental sustainability and environmental management will be achieved through public
participation.
Due to the site’s potentials, fallowing land uses are proposed:
Family farm : low density residential complex will be built in the site’s west-east axis, and it will hold
population of almost 1200 people in the area. According to published statistics, family size is 3 to 5 person
in this area (4person in average). Each hectare of land can supply the required vegetables for 200 people;
therefore to accommodate the needs of 600 people three hectares of agricultural lands should be allocated.
Consequently a family of four will need 200 square meters of land surface to supply their own required
fresh vegetables and to become self-sufficient .As a result 10% of food expenses will be saved in the
family.
The proposed plan is, to maintain agricultural land adjacent to residential complex functional. The Agriculture
land will become as garden for the residential units and the residents will farm in private space surrounding
the residential areas (Fig.14).
Fig.13: Scale conversion and landscape diversity from urban farm to private garden
Each family farm 200m 2
Scale reduce
Fig.14: Proposed designed area for the family garden
Landscape
variety
increase
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